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THE MESSAGE
Psalms 6:5
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For there is no remembrance of you in death;who can thank you in Sheol?
For in death there is no memory of you. In She'ol, who shall give you thanks?
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who will give you praise?
Dead people don't remember you; those in the grave don't praise you.
For no one remembers you in the realm of death, In Sheol who gives you thanks?
For in death there is no mention of You; In Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) who will praise You and give You thanks?
For there is no mention of You in death; In Sheol, who will praise You?
For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the graue who shall prayse thee?
For there is no remembrance of You in death;In Sheol who will give You thanks?
For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?
If I die, I cannot praise you or even remember you.
Come back, Adonai , and rescue me! Save me for the sake of your grace;
For in death there is no remembrance of thee; in Sheol who shall give thanks unto thee?
If I am dead, I cannot sing about you. Those in the grave don't praise you.
For in death there is no remembrance of thee; in Sheol who shall give thee thanks?
In the world of the dead you are not remembered; no one can praise you there.
For there is no remembrance of you in death. In Sheol, who will give thanks to you?
For there is no memory of You in death; who shall give thanks to You in Sheol?
For in death no man remebreth the: Oh who wil geue the thankes in the hell?
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: In Sheol who shall give thee thanks?
For in death there is no memory of you; in the underworld who will give you praise?
Return, O LORD, deliver my soul; save me for Thy mercy's sake.
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the graue who shall giue thee thankes?
For in death no man remembreth thee: and in the graue who can acknowledge thee?
For in death no man remembers thee: and who will give thee thanks in Hades?
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in Sheol who shall give thee thanks?
For noon is in deeth, which is myndful of thee; but in helle who schal knouleche to thee?
For in death there is no remembrance of you: In Sheol who shall give you thanks?
For in death [there is] no remembrance of thee: in the grave who will give thee thanks?
For in death there is no remembrance of You; In the grave who will give You thanks?
For the dead do not remember you. Who can praise you from the grave?
No one remembers You when he is dead. Who gives You praise from the grave?
For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who can give you praise?
For, in death, is no remembrance of thee, - In hades, who shall give thanks unto thee?
(6-6) For there is no one in death, that is mindful of thee: and who shall confess to thee in hell?
For in death there is no remembrance of thee; in Sheol who can give thee praise?
For there is not in death Thy memorial, In Sheol, who doth give thanks to Thee?
For there is no mention of You in death; In Sheol who will give You thanks?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
For: Psalms 30:9, Psalms 88:10-12, Psalms 115:17, Psalms 118:17, Isaiah 38:18, Isaiah 38:19
in the: Ecclesiastes 9:10, John 9:4
Reciprocal: Genesis 47:29 - must die Ecclesiastes 9:5 - the dead Isaiah 38:11 - General
Cross-References
When the human race began to increase, with more and more daughters being born, the sons of God noticed that the daughters of men were beautiful. They looked them over and picked out wives for themselves.
Then God said, "I'm not going to breathe life into men and women endlessly. Eventually they're going to die; from now on they can expect a life span of 120 years."
This was back in the days (and also later) when there were giants in the land. The giants came from the union of the sons of God and the daughters of men. These were the mighty men of ancient lore, the famous ones.
This is the story of Noah: Noah was a good man, a man of integrity in his community. Noah walked with God. Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
The people of Sodom were evil—flagrant sinners against God .
"The heart is hopelessly dark and deceitful, a puzzle that no one can figure out. But I, God , search the heart and examine the mind. I get to the heart of the human. I get to the root of things. I treat them as they really are, not as they pretend to be."
He said, "Now walk through the door and take a look at the obscenities they're engaging in."
He said, "Son of man, do you see what the elders are doing here in the dark, each one before his favorite god-picture? They tell themselves, ‘ God doesn't see us. God has forsaken the country.'"
It wasn't so long ago that we ourselves were stupid and stubborn, dupes of sin, ordered every which way by our glands, going around with a chip on our shoulder, hated and hating back. But when God, our kind and loving Savior God, stepped in, he saved us from all that. It was all his doing; we had nothing to do with it. He gave us a good bath, and we came out of it new people, washed inside and out by the Holy Spirit. Our Savior Jesus poured out new life so generously. God's gift has restored our relationship with him and given us back our lives. And there's more life to come—an eternity of life! You can count on this. I want you to put your foot down. Take a firm stand on these matters so that those who have put their trust in God will concentrate on the essentials that are good for everyone. Stay away from mindless, pointless quarreling over genealogies and fine print in the law code. That gets you nowhere. Warn a quarrelsome person once or twice, but then be done with him. It's obvious that such a person is out of line, rebellious against God. By persisting in divisiveness he cuts himself off. As soon as I send either Artemas or Tychicus to you, come immediately and meet me in Nicopolis. I've decided to spend the winter there. Give Zenas the lawyer and Apollos a hearty send-off. Take good care of them. Our people have to learn to be diligent in their work so that all necessities are met (especially among the needy) and they don't end up with nothing to show for their lives. All here want to be remembered to you. Say hello to our friends in the faith. Grace to all of you.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For in death [there is] no remembrance of thee,.... Of the goodness, truth, power, and faithfulness of God; no notice can be taken nor mention, made either of the perfections or works of God, whether of nature or of grace, by a dead man to others; he is wholly useless to men on earth with respect to these things;
in the grave who shall give thee thanks? for mercies temporal or spiritual; the dead cannot praise the Lord among men, only the living; see Psalms 30:9; wherefore the psalmist desires that he might live and praise the Lord: this argument is taken from the glory of God, which end cannot be answered among men by death, as by life. It does not follow from hence that the soul either dies or sleeps with the body, and is inactive until the resurrection morn, neither of which are true; or that the souls of departed saints are unemployed in heaven; they are always before the throne, and serve the Lord day and night; they remember, with the utmost gratitude and thankfulness, all the goodness and grace of God unto them, and praise him for all his wondrous works: but the sense is, that when a saint is dead, he can no more serve and glorify God on earth among men.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For in death - In the state of the dead; in the grave.
There is no remembrance of thee - They who are dead do not remember thee or think of thee. The “ground” of this appeal is, that it was regarded by the psalmist as a “desirable” thing to remember God and to praise him, and that this could not be done by one who was dead. He prayed, therefore, that God would spare his life, and restore him to health, that he might praise him in the land of the living. A sentiment similar to this occurs in Psalms 30:9, “What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?” So also Psalms 88:11, “Shall thy loving-kindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?” So also in Isaiah 38:18, in the language of Hezekiah, “The grave cannot praise thee; death cannot celebrate thee; they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.” See the notes at that passage. A similar sentiment also is found in Job 10:21-22. See the notes at that passage. In regard to the meaning of this it may be remarked
(a) that it is to be admitted that there was among the ancient saints much less light on the subject of the future state than there is with us, and that they often, in giving utterance to their feelings, seemed to speak as if all were dark beyond the grave.
(b) But, though they thus spoke in their sorrow and in their despondency, they also did, on other occasions, express their belief in a future state, and their expectation of happiness in a coming world (compare, for example, Psalms 16:10-11; Psalms 17:15).
(c) Does not their language in times of despondency and sickness express the feelings which “we” often have now, even with all the light which we possess, and all the hopes which we cherish? Are there not times in the lives of the pious, even though they have a strong prevailing hope of heaven, when the thoughts are fixed on the grave as a dark, gloomy, repulsive prison, and “so” fixed on it as to lose sight of the world beyond? And in such moments does not “life” seem as precious to us, and as desirable, as it did to David, to Hezekiah, or to Job?
In the grave - Hebrew, בשׁאול bishe'ôl, “in Sheol.” For the meaning of the word, see Isaiah 5:14, note; Isaiah 14:9, note; Job 7:9, note. Its meaning here does not differ materially from the word “grave.”
Who shall give thee thanks? - Who shall “praise” thee? The idea is that “none” would then praise God. It was the land of “silence.” See Isaiah 38:18-19. This language implies that David “desired” to praise God, but that he could not hope to do it in the grave.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 6:5. In death there is no remembrance of thee — Man is to glorify thee on earth. The end for which he was born cannot be accomplished in the grave; heal my body, and heal my soul, that I may be rendered capable of loving and serving thee here below. A dead body in the grave can do no good to men, nor bring any glory to thy name!
